relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11490/
title: Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture
creator: Saxena, R K
creator: Saxena, K B
creator: Varshney, R K
subject: Plant Breeding
subject: Sustainable Agriculture
subject: Pigeonpea
subject: Genetics and Genomics
description: Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is traditionally cultivated as an annual crop in semi-arid regions of the world. It has a number of characteristics such as diverse maturity time, drought tolerance and natural out-crossing which makes it unique among legumes. These traits not only allow its cultivation in diverse environments and cropping systems, but also permit implementation of different breeding methods. Pigeonpea is a crop of sustainable agriculture and poor crop management, exposure to diseases and pests coupled with unpredictable rains hinder crop improvement activities. However, recently partial out-crossing has been exploited to develop cytoplasmic male-sterility (CMS) based hybrid breeding technology. Thus far, three hybrids have been released for cultivation with yield advantages of 30–50% over standard varieties. Pigeonpea R&D now also enjoys a wealth of genomics resources such as a draft genome sequence, resequencing data, candidate genes and markers associated with key traits. Genomics and breeding efforts are underway to make pigeonpea a more sustainable crop and to unlock the genetic diversity present in germplasm to develop new cultivars rapidly.
publisher: Springer Nature
date: 2019
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Saxena, R K and Saxena, K B and Varshney, R K  (2019) Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture.   In:  Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes.   Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 409-429.  ISBN 978-3-030-23399-0     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23400-3
relation: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23400-3